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Former Spanish players' leader is new federation chief<
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MADRID (AP) - The former head of Spain's players' association will lead the national federation for the next two years, taking over the presidency formerly in the hands of embattled official Angel Maria Villar for nearly three decades.
Luis Rubiales was elected president on Thursday after an 80-56 vote over Juan Luis Larrea, the federation's former treasurer and its interim chief since Villar - a former ...